Young Mania Rating Scale.
YMRS
Severity of manic symptoms (elevated mood, energy, sexual interest, sleep, irritability, speech, thought disorder/content, behaviour, appearance, insight)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 11 items. 7 items 0-4, 4 items 0-8 (double-weighted); clinician interview, total 0-60 (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- 40+ langs incl. ES, FR, DE, ZH, JA, PT-BR, AR; the standard mania trial endpoint
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Young, R.C., et al. (1978). A rating scale for mania: reliability, validity and sensitivity. British Journal of Psychiatry, 133, 429-435.
Also catalogued under
The same instrument filed in another domain of this catalogue. Our rows for it disagree about the licence, so treat the stricter reading as binding until the rights holder says otherwise.
- YMRS - Young Mania Rating Scale
11 items.
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